Ah yes, you are a knight in shining armor!! You have found your true vocation in life, gallant steed feed notwithstanding.
And you're absolutely right, I need some down time, a friend to decompress and laugh with. That's hard to come by at times, with full schedules and kids and everything else. I always feel infinitely better when I can do that; it's the aloneness and loneliness that's the worst part of all of this. Or at least that's what I find most difficult to cope with. I do IC, which is very helpful--but I really think it's the informal support that's most beneficial.
I so appreciate your support, and the others on this board. It's a different kind of support, usually, from what I can encounter personally--and that's very good. It takes all kinds of viewpoints to get anything close to a balance.
I know I am strong and I can get thru this--I've gotten thru some tough times in the past (altho I honestly believe this is the worst) and I can do anything for my daughter. And those things are priorities now. Please continue to look in on me and let me know of any insights you may have, O Wise One.
Are you also in the alternate universe?
M60 H52 D20 M14 yrs OW-old gf from 1986 bomb-5/18/08 H filed for D-9/10/08 D final 4/24/09 xH remarried (not OW) 2012